Are there any former liberals who have switched to being a conservative?

Question

Any former liberals out there who have come to believe conservativism makes more sense for the direction of this country? I was a liberal once, but later decided you cannot fit a square peg into a round hole.

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To Ray G: Read Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics."

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Square peg metaphor: "Trying to do the impossible." Liberals are always trying to factor human nature out of their equations for producing their ideal society.

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To grumpyoldman: Sorry. I did not know it had been asked many times before!

Answer 1

I was a liberal when I worked on the Michael Dukakis campaign. I even had a seat at the table next to Sen Ed (hic) Kennedy at an election meeting in San Francisco. I was his adviser on domestic issues and we were discussing an ad we were about to run. I saw the ad and I said something like what you say in this ad is a lie. I was told shut up the average american doesnt know that. I couldnt be a part of a lie so I walked away.


I had to decide between not caring about politics and going over to what I thought was the "darkside" After meeting Ronald Reagan in Los Angeles and knowing he was actually listening to my thoughts and my concerns and my revelation that I was truly a conservative he told me it was never to late to change and to welcome to the family. He was truly a great man who understood the ignorance of my youth and showed me that conservative is the only way to go



Winston Churchill said if you are not a liberal in your 20s you have no heart and if you arent a conservative in your 30s you have no brain.

In a nutshell thats the evolution of my political life

Answer 2

I just want to correct what REPUBLICAN AND PROUD wrote ... and point out that spin dr's twist everything

the quote he posted was taken out of context

"Winston Churchill is purported to have said that if you aren't a liberal at 20, you have no heart, if you aren't a Conservative at 30, you have no brain. Do you understand what Mr. Churchill was saying? At 20, you are supposed to be passionate, supposed to believe all the ills of the world can be easily solved, easily fixed. All the problems are so obviously simple, that you don't understand why the elders haven't done it. Perhaps they are too stupid, too ignorant, or just too lazy to fix these problems. People are homeless, build shelters, open them, provide food for them. Yet, the homeless don't go to the shelters, unless it is especially cold. They don't show up for the food regularly. The Homeless don't behave as you think they will. We have poor people, it's obvious isn't it? We need to give them programs that will make it possible for them to have the necessities. Food, shelter, medical, and all the other things. Yet, despite having those programs, there are still poor, many who don't participate in the programs. Also, the programs don't address the core problem. The Why that lurks behind the what you see as wrong. Our elders tried to tell us about educating the poor and downtrodden, and leaving the choices to them. Yet, we teenagers ignored the elders, and demanded action. Later, when we are older, the cycle continues, and we realize our elders were right when they said "if you give a man a fish, you have fed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you have fed him for a lifetime."

Answer 3

I was more of a liberal when I was young and naive. After I went through college and bought a house and have been working a while I became more conservative. With the current selection of Democratic presidential candidates I have become more disheartened with the liberal movement. I did like Howard Dean in 04. Ron Paul is the only conservative I like. I don't follow your square peg analogy.
I see, thanks.

Answer 4

i'm a liberal, in the past conservative. i assume i replaced right into a conservative because of the fact of my non secular upbringing, yet while i found out that social and fiscal conservatism made unusual mattress-fellows, and that conservatives had in undemanding terms gained over the non secular suitable with the aid of pandering to them and giving them a voice interior the political section (and little greater), I jumped deliver. the two ideologies are actually not without their flaws, yet i've got faith that all and sundry merits a wager to attain their finished skill, not in undemanding terms the rich (or healthful), and that i think of liberals uphold that fee greater suitable than conservatives even care to. placed yet differently, liberalism (because it somewhat is at present) is approximately stealing from the rich and giving to the undesirable, while conservatism is approximately making the rich richer and the undesirable poorer. regrettably, a man or woman's political allegiance has way too a lot to do with what style of lies and 0.5-truths they're maximum susceptible to. That pronounced, i think of a man or woman with a good social wakeful and a state-of-the-paintings bull$#!t detector is greater probably to be a liberal, yet in all fairness, people who in basic terms intend to make the international a greater effective place for all and sundry are modern-day in the two camps.

Answer 5

I switched. The democratic party was pushing the government entitlement programs. I was working hard and going to school at night. I was surprized that the democratic parties emphasis was entitlements instead of education. How can anyone succeed without an education or job related skills? The social welfare programs have produced generations who are dependant on the government for their survival. They need to demand personal responsibilty.

Answer 6

Yes! I was born into a Democrat family. I worked on the Carter capmaign in 1976, and to a lesser extent on the Mondale one in 1984.

I matured, and my views changed. And each of the major parties changed.

I used to vote virtually all Democrat. Now I generally vote all Republican.

Answer 7

Indeed there are. When I worked for the 2004 Bush campaign in CA, I had the opportunity to assist many liberals in changing their party status from Democrat to Independent or Republican.

Answer 8

Just the opposite, when I was younger I was all business and believed that the world was there for the benefit of business and profit. As I matured I realized that there is more to life than money, such as making my community, state, country and world a better place. I clearly place more importance on the survival of the world than on Enron. I place more importance on finding alternatives to oil and invading countries for oil. I am more concerned in Universal Health care for all than the profit of the wall street giants. I am clearly liberal, but more Green than Democrat.

Answer 9

Wisdom usually comes with age.....a wise sage once said...those that are not liberal by the age of 25 have no heart....those that are not conservative by the age of 35 have no brain....

That about says it all....

Answer 10

Yea, right here. I was a Communist Manifesto reading card carrying socialist to the max, then I grew up to learn that taking things from one person to give to others is not compassion, but a form of slavery.